“I’m still overwhelmed,” Rodriguez said after claiming her prize. “I love cats and plan to adopt as many as possible.”

The game is a $10 Scratchers game played on an oversized red and gold ticket that offers players 21 chances to win various prizes. To win, players match any of their numbers to any of the six winning numbers to win that prize.

The overall game odds of winning a prize are 1 in 3.30. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 1.2 million.

In addition to evacuating 10 neighboring homes, deputies restricted pedestrian and vehicle traffic in the area while the sheriff's office bomb squad "safely disposed" of the explosives, officials said.